El Shareef Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shareef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shareef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Shareef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Shareef Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El Shareef is most common in Egypt. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Shareef click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Shareef? popularity and diffusion

The last name El Shareef is the 844,382nd most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. The last name El Shareef occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Shareef reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Not including Egypt El Shareef is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 5 percent reside and Jordan, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Sharef95154/
El Sareef951/
El Shereef90156/
El Sharief9016/
El-Shareef9013/
El Shareif907/
El Shireef904/
El Sharif841,148/
El Sheref84215/
El Charef8432/
El-Sharef842/
El Zareef842/
El Sherief80706/
El Shereif80215/
El-Shereef80154/
El-Sharief80124/
El-Shareif8014/
El Sharife801/
El Shariff801/
El Sarif78261/
El Sherieff764/
El Sherif7473,788/
El-Sharif74513/
El-Zareef74122/
El Charif7490/
El-Sheref745/
El Zareeb743/
El Sarouf741/
El-Sherief70787/
El Sheriff7023/
El-Shereif705/
El-Scharif701/
El Zarif67219/
El Chariffe671/
El-Sherif639,242/
El-Charif6337/
El-Sheriff602/
El-Zarif5618/
El-Serif561/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Shareef
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